Safeguarding Children Nurse / Professional

Are you committed to children’s safeguarding?

Are you looking for an opportunity to contribute to an innovative organisation that offers exceptional career growth prospects?

If you're an enthusiastic team player with experience in safeguarding children in health or Social Care setting, we want to hear from you!

We are currently recruiting a full-time a position for a Safeguarding Nurse/Professional to join our dynamic team. While the primary location is in Bristol, the Safeguarding team provide advice and support to staff Trust wide. This may require occasional working from the Weston General Hospital site.

Our Safeguarding Nursing Team, under the guidance of the Interim Deputy Director of Safeguarding, provides evidence-based advice/guidance, safeguarding supervision, and training for staff across all Trust sites within the University Hospitals Bristol and Weston group. The team plays a pivotal role in assisting staff with complex and serious adult and safeguarding cases.

Main duties of the job

Key Responsibilities

Clinical:

• Serve as a role model and offer specialised guidance to healthcare professionals on safeguarding matters.
• Foster a culture of best practices throughout the Trust regarding safeguarding.
• Manage the sharing of confidential and highly sensitive information with external agencies, while also handling complex information within the Safeguarding domain.
• Keep the Operational Nursing Lead for Safeguarding Children and Adults informed of current concerns and trends expressed by Trust staff.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date records in accordance with professional standards, such as NMC guidance.
• Empower frontline staff to effectively address safeguarding issues in alignment with best practices, policies, and procedures.
• Play a part in establishing and enhancing efficient communication among multiple agencies and disciplines.

Education and Training:

• Contribute to the development and delivery of high-quality, research-based safeguarding training across the Trust, catering to a diverse range of disciplines.
• Participate in the assessment and evaluation of safeguarding training programmes across the Trust.
• Collaborate in monitoring staff safeguarding training compliance using an established database, ensuring adherence to national and local training compliance targets.

Working for our organisation

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England.

UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Safeguarding children is multifaceted with challenges that demand specialised knowledge and a diverse skill set. In this role you will engage in a variety of safeguarding activities. These include offering advice and support to frontline practitioners, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams, and participating in a range of safeguarding meetings, including multiagency strategy discussions. This is a vital role that actively contributes to the development and delivery of safeguarding training programs across the Trust.

You will be supporting the safeguarding assurance process by contributing to internal and external audits. Assisting in the dissemination of learning from Rapid reviews and child safeguarding practice reviews (CSPR's).

For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.

Person specification

Knowledge and Experience

Essential criteria

• Relevant experience of working with safeguarding cases in a variety of settings involving children’s services.
• Experience of supporting and supervising staff in a clinical / safeguarding setting.
• Participation in the development and delivery of quality training programmes

Desirable criteria

• Experience of Inter-agency partnership working.
• Experience of attending safeguarding strategies /case conferences/participating in protection plans
• Direct involvement with change management initiatives
• Experience of undertaking audits

Skills and abilities

Essential criteria

• Knowledge of Safeguarding legislation, current issues, and inquiry reports for Children and / or Adults
• Proven communication and influencing skills
• Desirable criteria
• Knowledge & ability in using different tools providing staff supervision and support

Qualifications and Training

Essential criteria

• Registered 1st Level Nurse on the NMC register (Adult or Children)
• Evidence of professional / clinical knowledge in safeguarding supplemented by specialist training

Desirable criteria

• Evidence of working towards degree level
• Recognised teaching / training qualification
• Safeguarding supervision training / experience

Aptitudes

Essential criteria

• Willing to travel
• Commitment to sustain on-going professional development
• Personal stress management strategy